french open 2017

This time last year, the future seemed uncertain for the greatest player ever to wield a racket on a clay court. Rafael Nadal had been…

In an extraordinary climax to an extraordinary match in an extraordinary French Open campaign, a new champion has been born. Jelena Ostapenko turned 20 on…

It was dejà vu time on a warm and breezy Friday in Paris. Last year, Andy Murray was riding one his best clay-court seasons into…

Four of the seven top-ranked men in tennis, all former semi-finalists, are about to play their hearts out for a place in Sunday’s French Open…

Eighth of June: This has, over the years, become something of notable date in women’s tennis. Lindsay Davenport: three Majors and a former No1, born…

All seven former Grand Slam champions in this year’s French Open draw, and seven of the 10 Major finalists had all fallen by the wayside…

Andy Murray may have had a slow start to the clay season—he only once got past his opener in a clay tournament before Roland Garros,…

The big names in Paris had tumbled early. No1 seed and reigning US Open champion Angelique Kerber left open the door for Nos2 and 3…

Amid an array of former French Open junior champions from more than a decade back—Stan Wawrinka, Richard Gasquet, Gael Monfils, Marin Cilic—and in a half…

Middle Saturday at Roland Garros was already proving to be a day of firsts, with more of them lined up by middle Sunday. The always-popular…

Kyle Edmund certainly has every reason to enjoy playing at Roland Garros—and has done since his very first time in the main draw here. Roland…

This time last year, the weather in Paris was unseemly. It rained cats and dogs for days, the Louvre shifted its artworks, the Seine-side promenades…

For Kyle Edmund, Roland Garros may not have been the first Major where he played in the main draw. That was his ‘home’ Wimbledon, back…

Andy Murray, playing in his 10th French Open, had ducked and dived past one record he did not want on his resume in his opening…

It turned into a fine hour or so at the start of the day for the two oldest women left in the singles draw at…

After his opening match at Roland Garros this year, the No4 seed, nine-time champion, the undisputed master of clay, Rafael Nadal, was asked whether he…

World No1 Andy Murray was hoping to avoid the same fate as the women’s No1 when he began his campaign as the top seed at…

It is hard to believe that a woman of Johanna Konta’s quality and ranking, a woman who reached a career-high No6 just before her 26th…

Opening Sunday at Roland Garros was hot, busy and full of unexpected gems. Petra Kvitova in her first match in six months after her playing…

Aljaz Bedene may have been the first Briton to reach the second round at Roland Garros today, but as fine a performance as it was,…

Aljaz Bedene, the No52-ranked Briton whose bid to play for his adopted nation in Davis Cup ended in more disappointment this spring, has nevertheless continued…